Contribution on command

The common complaint of small towns is that everyone knows everyone else’s business. That was the case in Kuttawa, Ky., where Lawn Tek Landscaping is located, but in a positive way.

The small town grapevine alerted company owner Kerry Stinnett and his team of the story of Sgt. Chase Matthews who lost both his legs and mobility in his left arm and hand after an ambush on his military convoy in Iraq.

He and wife Jennifer had a daughter and new baby on the way, so when Stinnett heard that Homes for Our Troops would be building Matthews a home, he knew his company had to get involved in the project.

“We’re a small community and word traveled fast that he’d been severely injured in Iraq,” Stinnett says. “So, I happened to know his family quite well, so it was a no-brainer on our part.”

Lawn Tek helped in the project, which included approximately 900 square feet of plant bedding with all the trees and trim.

The plant material included slow growing Buxus ‘Green Velvet,’ Lagerstroemia ‘Regal Red,’ Nandina domestica ‘Firepower,’ Ilex ‘Sky Pencil’ and long-blooming Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro.’